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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 973.04960730092 EAN: 9780739325766 Format: Large Print ISBN: 0739325760 Label: Random House Large Print Manufacturer: Random House Large Print Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 720 Publication Date: April 04, 2006 Publisher: Random House Large Print Release Date: April 04, 2006 Studio: Random House Large Print Editorial Review: Product Description: In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey—first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father’s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. From the Trade Paperback edition. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - It's even better than 5 starsI wish that every American could read this book! I was moved and impressed as I learned about who Barack Obama is. This book was written shortly after graduating from law school and before Obama entered politics. It highlights what an intelligent, perceptive, philosophical and principled person he is. This is so much more than a simple bio. Obama's relections about the events of his life are poignant and insightful. I learned so much about the man as he recounted his real education ... Read More Rating:  - A racist bookObviously, I only bought and read the book, because Mr. Obama is in the race to become the next President. The book is easy reading, the story he tells is interesting enough so you will not put the book away because you are bored. The father he searches for was a gifted man, who wasted his gifts, became an alcoholic and an abuse, yet is Mr. Obama's eyes, he had one redeeming quality - he was BLACK! The book is full of racism! Not the "Red neck" kind of dumb racism, but a more ... Read More Rating:  - Interesting insight to an inspiring manThough I am not an American citizen and therefore I do not get a vote in the Nov election, I still find Obama an inspiring and interesting person. As for the book, it's interesting but not that engaging. It should be noted that the book was written over ten years ago and is not about his recent public political success and more about a young black boy growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia being raised by a white mother and her white grandparents. I found the real star of the book ... Read More Rating: - Coming to Terms With Heritage and RaceThe young Barack Obama, going to a school in Hawaii, flips through a library book in search of information about the Luo tribe of Africa from which his Grandfather and Father are descendants. His mind has entertained thoughts of his ancestor tribe as glorious kings, adorned in colorful traditional clothes. The book he is reading tells him that the Luo were a kind of nomadic farmers who wore a loincloth. He leaves the book open and walks out of the library. This incident is one of many that ... Read More Rating:  - NightmaresWould be a better title from his polygamist alcoholic father who abanonded everyone in his family. Read closely and you will see the roots of the radical rage that we will all inherit from this corrupt loser...the father and the son...if he is ever elected. I dare you to delve into his past and believe he is a good man. Chicago anyone? |
